Tag: current affairs – India

Pratap Bhanu Mehta: The current talk of decolonisation is about an exclusionary political agenda

Current decolonisation project drips with resentment. It conflates modernity merely with colonialism. To see the insidiousness of this project, just ask this question: What should be the terms on which citizens relate to each other? “Decolonise!” This imperative seems to be the ideological flavour of the moment. It is behind the calls to restructure education,… Read More Pratap Bhanu Mehta: The current talk of decolonisation is about an exclusionary political agenda

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क्या है अदाणी-OCCRP की कहानी | The Adani-OCCRP Saga. Ravish Kumar

NB: An important comment. For the Adani group to focus on George Soros is a bit of antisemitic propaganda, similar to the language used by Trump Republicans, who also attack Soros regularly. Soros’ Open Society foundation is only one among 21 donors, which include governments. Readers should check the OCCRP portal. Cries of ‘anti-national’ do… Read More क्या है अदाणी-OCCRP की कहानी | The Adani-OCCRP Saga. Ravish Kumar

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Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest / Adani’s reject allegations

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Simon Goodley in London A billionaire Indian family with close ties to the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, secretly invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the Indian stock market, buying its own shares, newly disclosed documents suggest. According to offshore financial records seen by the Guardian, associates of the Adani family may have… Read More Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest / Adani’s reject allegations

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Modi says Congress committed ‘sin’ of partition / The Non-politics of the RSS

First posted November 10, 2013 NB: Fascist political speech may be summarised in three words: affirmation, repetition and contagion. They spread lies and practice deceit as a matter of habit. Truth is whatever is convenient for serving their interests. More than anything else, it is the onslaught on the human mind that is the most dangerous feature of totalitarian… Read More Modi says Congress committed ‘sin’ of partition / The Non-politics of the RSS

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Why peace and stability remain elusive in Manipur

Bharat Bhushan Merely calling a special session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, a demand by both Meitei civil society organisations and the Opposition Congress Party, is unlikely to chart a path to peace in Manipur. The frailty of the legislative process, problems in the government’s proposed resettlement programme and its failure to discipline armed Meiti… Read More Why peace and stability remain elusive in Manipur

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Economic Disaster & Modi: ’24 तक छुपायेंगे.. / 70 साल के घोटालों को पीछे छोड़ा मोदी सरकार ने

NB: Is coruption merely a financial matter? Or does it mean perversion from fidelity. Institutions can also be corrupted, justice can also be corrupted, so can political speech. And all this is not merely a function of this or that party. It is endemic, rooted in society, hence corrupt people will run from one party… Read More Economic Disaster & Modi: ’24 तक छुपायेंगे.. / 70 साल के घोटालों को पीछे छोड़ा मोदी सरकार ने

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Significance of Ashoka University’s Teachers Calling for a Strike Over Academic Freedom / Solidarity with faculty of Ashoka University by the international academic community

NB: A recurring bad dream.. Here’s relevant correspondence from the time a senior scholar was forced out of Ashoka University in 2021. University authorities should protect their faculty from ideologically motivated attacks, not undermine them. If you dont stand up to such bullying there will never be an end to it. You may as well… Read More Significance of Ashoka University’s Teachers Calling for a Strike Over Academic Freedom / Solidarity with faculty of Ashoka University by the international academic community

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Modi is hell bent on building an administrative system that treats him as King

Jawhar Sircar There is no doubt that the increasing politicisation of the bureaucracy has been corroding, for quite some time, the pillars on which fair and efficient administration rest. The pains taken by the founding fathers of our constitution to protect and insulate the civil service from political interference had ensured a large degree of… Read More Modi is hell bent on building an administrative system that treats him as King

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Slavoj Žizek: Manipur is not only in India

With the new Netanyahu government, the anti-Palestinian violence (the pogrom in Huwara, the attacks on the Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa, etc.) is no longer even formally condemned by the state. To a Western European with a vague knowledge of Italian, “Manipur” automatically associates with “mani pulite” (pure hands), the big anti-corruption campaign in the… Read More Slavoj Žizek: Manipur is not only in India

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Modi Internal Crises: अच्छे दिन खत्म..अब अपनो को भी दिखने लगा है अंत ! /Amit Shah के मंत्रालय में इतना भ्रष्टाचार ?

With the publication of the Auditor General’s report, the incorruptibility of the Modi government has been called into question. Massive leakages of funds have taken place, including in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Calling in the CBI at this point is equally fraudulent, as the ministers concerned should have known something was wrong long ago.… Read More Modi Internal Crises: अच्छे दिन खत्म..अब अपनो को भी दिखने लगा है अंत ! /Amit Shah के मंत्रालय में इतना भ्रष्टाचार ?

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